摘要:
A composite membrane for separating at least one dissolved or suspended component from a liquid phase, and characterized by solvent stability, comprises:(A) a substrate microfiltration, ultrafiltration or reverse osmosis membrane which has been initially formed from at least one member selected from non-crosslinked acrylonitrile homopolymers and copolymers, and non-crosslinked substituted acrylonitrile homopolymers and copolymers, and which has been subjected to at least one in situ crosslinking reaction; and(B) superimposed upon the substrate membrane, at least one coating including at least one component selected from hydrophilic monomers containing reactive functions, hydrophilic oligomers containing reactive functions and hydrophilic polymers containing reactive functions, such reactive functions having been subjected to a post-coating crosslinking reaction.
摘要:
A composite membrane comprises a substrate made from a polymer selected from copolymers and homopolymers of ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, which substrate has preferably first been treated with a pore protector in absence of curing agents and catalysts therefor, prior to applying as the final coating a silicone layer, which is crosslinked. The pore protector, which may be, for example, a hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane, particularly a silanol-terminated polysiloxane, serves the dual purpose of preventing the pores from collapsing, when the support is dried during the curing of the silicone layer, and of preventing passage of the coating material deeply into the pores and thus also preventing an undue reduction of the flux of the finished coated membrane. Such composite membranes include solvent stable membranes which swell to an extent of no more than about 10% when immersed in various organic solvents, and their mixtures with each other and/or water.
摘要:
A composite membrane which is substantially insoluble (and preferably swells no more than 10%) in acetonitrile, ethanol, hexane, toluene, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylsulfoxide, dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, and their mixtures with each other and/or with water, comprises a substrate made from copolymers or homopolymers of ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, the substrate having been subjected to the steps of: (1) insolubilizing the polymer by crosslinking; (2) coating with a silicone layer; and (3) crosslinking the silicone layer. Prior to step (2), the substrate is preferably treated with a pore protector in absence of curing agents and catalysts. The pore protector is e.g. a hydroxy-terminated polysiloxane, particularly a silanol-terminated polysiloxane; it prevents the pores from collapsing, when the support is dried during step (3), and prevents passage of the coating material deeply into the pores, thus also preventing an undue reduction of the flux of the finished membrane.
摘要:
Composite solvent stable membranes for treating organic liquids comprise a crosslinked layer of less than 5 microns in thickness supported on a solvent stable porous membrane substrate, which layer includes at least one polymer selected from polyphenylene oxide type polymers and polysulfone type polymers, provided that the crosslinked layer includes at least one polymer derived from haloalkylated polyphenylene oxide type monomers. Such composite membranes include solvent stable membranes which swell to an extent of no more than about 10% when immersed in various organic solvents, and their mixtures with each other and/or water.
摘要:
A composite membrane which comprises:(a) a porous semipermeable membrane substrate; and(b) a coating superimposed thereon which includes at least one member selected from:monomers containing at least one diazonium group,polymers containing at least one diazonium group,monomers containing at least one primary amino group and which have been exposed to the action of at least one member selected from nitrous acid and other reagents which potentially react with primary amine groups to form diazonium groups, andpolymers containing at least one primary amino group and which have been exposed to the action of at least one member selected from nitrous acid and other reagents which potentially react with primary amine groups to form diazonium groups; and wherein the coating has been subjected to at least one in situ chemical reaction with loss of any diazonium groups which may be present, and with formation of valence links in at least one of the modes (i), (ii) and (iii), namely:(i) among different moieties of the at least one member between themselves;(ii) between moieties of the at least one member and the material of the substrate; and(iii) between moieties of the at least one member and a polyfunctional reactant.
摘要:
The invention provides a process for producing a tubular membrane assembly comprising helically winding at least one strip of fibrous material on a mandrel to produce at least a single ply tubular support member for a semi-permeable membrane, characterized by passing the strip through a heated section of the mandrel during the helical winding thereof to flatten and smooth fibers protruding along the cross-sectional width of the strip, whereby a tube with a smooth inner bore along its entire length is formed.
摘要:
The invention provides a multistage membrane system for the recovery of solvents and solutes from chromatographic systems, including first means for directing a first fluid stream of a main eluting fraction, containing target molecules to be concentrated and solvent, to a first filtration membrane unit for concentration and recovery of the target molecules at the feed side of the first membrane; second means for directing fluid streams of other eluting fractions of the chromatographic process, containing contaminants and solvent, to a second filtration membrane unit for concentration and collection of the contaminant solutes at the feed side of the second membrane unit; and third means for directing filtered solvent coming from the permeate side of the first filtration unit to the feed side of the second filtration membrane unit, whereby the filtered solvent intermixes with the fluid stream of other eluting fractions.
摘要:
The present invention relates to semipermeable mosaic polymer membranes of asymmetric structure and with a macroscopic distribution of the mosaic-forming anionic and cationic charges (sites). The membranes can be prepared by casting a polymer solution of an optionally charged matrix-forming polymer and at least one precursor polymer, incompatible with the matrix-forming polymer, in a selected solvent, into a film, forming a skin on one side of the film, precipitating the skinned film to form the asymmetric membrane and charging it by chemical reactions to introduce or complete their mosaic structure. These membranes have good permeability for electrolytes, such as salts of mono- or polyvalent inorganic acids, while retaining low molecular weight organic solutes.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for the continuous separation of electrically charged macromolecular compounds, such as proteins, by forced-flow membrane electrophoresis is provided.Said process is conducted in an electrophoretic cell comprising a membrane compartment, divided by a micro- or ultrafiltration membrane into a feed and permeate cell, and electrode compartments being partitioned from the membrane compartment with ion-exchange membranes, which are impermeable to the macromolecular compounds, and have virtually no permeability to salts.The electrophoretic process comprises the steps of recycling a mixed solution of the charged compounds which are dissolved in a separation buffer through the feed cell, subjecting of the solution to a pressure-driven membrane separation, applying an electric field across the membranes and the solution to cause electrophoretic migration of the charged compound and to separate them, and withdrawing the charged compounds thus separated.The process achieves separation of charged compounds having differences of their isoelectric points in a range of as low as 0.1 to 0.2. The process is very useful to remove charged contaminants from the desired compounds.